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Beijing expat welcome fair with 40+ service organizations, kids' activities, raffle prizes, snacks; RMB 25 entry, under-12s free.
INN describes this as its biggest Beijing community event of the year, aimed at newcomers, returnees and their friends. The core of it is an organisation fair: more than 40 groups are listed as attending, among them hospitals, dentists, an animal hospital, spas, hair and beauty salons, jewellery designers, travel agents, hiking and camping outfits, language schools, relocation specialists, organic farms, a yoga studio and home accessories sellers. Alongside the fair there are games and activities for children, and a raffle with an iPad and more than RMB 50,000 in prizes. The listing carries the Beijinger's "Editor's Pick" and "Family Friendly Event" tags and files the event under Community.
Entry is RMB 25 per person; children under 12 go free. That fee is stated to include snacks and refreshments, and each guest receives a goody bag and one free raffle ticket. Registration is by WeChat only as far as the listing goes: the organisers say to register to the INN WeChat account Innbeijing1994 by 31 August, which is the one deadline they have published.
Several things a visitor without an established Beijing setup will want to know are not addressed anywhere in the announcement, and it is worth treating them as open questions rather than assuming the usual arrangements. INN has not said whether registering through that WeChat account requires a Chinese mobile number or a real-name-verified WeChat account, nor whether foreign passport holders can register on the same terms. There is no stated alternative registration channel — no email address, web form or phone number appears in the listing. How and when the RMB 25 is paid is also unpublished: the announcement does not say whether payment is taken at the door or in advance, nor which payment methods are accepted. Whether anyone can turn up without having registered by 31 August is likewise not addressed. The venue is a school campus, but no information has been given about identification or security checks on arrival.
Saturday 5 September 2026, 2pm to 5pm, at the British School of Beijing (BSB) Sanlitun Campus — 北京英国学校, No. 5 Xi Liu Jie, Sanlitun, Chaoyang District (北京市朝阳区三里屯路西六街5号). The organisers have not published transport directions, a nearest-subway note, or any guidance on parking or arrival timing, so allow for working that out yourself.
This entry was compiled automatically from the organiser's own page and every date in it was checked back against that page before publishing. Nobody from our team has been to this one, and we have not called the organisers — where they have not published something, this page says so rather than filling the gap.
Status: No Chinese event title in the source, so name_zh is null; only the venue has Chinese text. Listed time 2-5PM local. Registration is via WeChat ID 'Innbeijing1994' by Aug 31, 2026 — no online ticket link given, hence access 'wechat'. Tier: local (city-based expat community event, not worth a dedicated trip). Source: the organiser's own page, fetched and verified on 2026-08-23 (https://www.thebeijinger.com/events/2026/aug/welcoming-newcomers-inn-2026-arrival-survival-sept-5-2026-2-5pm) · checked 2026-08-23